UWISE OBGYN Flashcards
What is the definitive tx for pelvic pain due to endometriosis?
-hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
What is a radical hysterctomy used to tx?
-cervical cancer
What is endometrial ablation a tx for?
-menorrhagia
What type of IUD can be used for tx of endometriosis?
-levonorgestrel IUD
When are hysterosonograms contraindicated?
-when an infection is present!
What are 7 things that are associated with ACE-inhibitor use during pregnancy?
- Oligohydramnios
- Fetal growth retardation
- Neonatal renal failure
- HypoTN
- Pulmonary hypoplasia
- Joint contractures
- Death
What is the most common abnormal karyotype encountered in spontaneous abortuses?
-Autosomal trisomies
What are late decelerations associated with?
-uretoplacental insufficiency
What is the most significant risk factor for developing postpartum depression?
-personal history of depression
What is a leukoplakia? What should be done when one is found?
- leukoplakia = white plaque on the cervix
- should be biopsied ASAP, regardless of Pap smear outcome
How long does it take for the full response of leiomyomatas to GnRH agonists?
-three months
What 5 things does smoking increase the risk of in pregnancy?
- Placental abruption
- Placenta previa
- Fetal growth restriction
- Pre-eclampsia
- Infection
What amnt of proteinuria for mild pre-eclampsia? Severe ?
- mild = >300mg
- severe = >5000mg
Next step for a complex ovarian mass in a postmenopausal woman?
- surgical exploration
- could be an old enometrioma that was never resolved, but ovarian cancer should be r/o
- a complex cyst is not a physiologic cyst
What are the best imaging studies for anything involving the uterus and adnexa?
- ultrasound!
- so MRI and CT scans are usually not useful!
When can a dating US be done if there is discrepancy in dating?
- btwn 14-20 wks
- first trimester US are the most accurate in estimating dates
What test should be done first when fetal demise of one twin is noticed?
- maternal fibrinogen level
- when a dead fetus has been in utero for 3-4 wks the maternal fibrinogen level may decrease, which can lead to a coagulopathy
What is the spalding sign?
- overlapping of fetal skull bones
- suggests fetal demise
What kind of growth restriction can be caused by uteroplacental insufficiency?
- asymmetric GR
- normal length, weight is below normal, head is normal sized, small abdomen
What size fetal head will most likely need delivery via c-section?
- > 12 cm
3 Risk factors for PMS?
- Family Hx of PMS
- Vit B deficiency
- Calcium deficiency
- Magnesium deficiency
How much blood loss is considered postpartum hemorrhage in a vaginal delivery? C-section?
- vaginal delivery = >500 cc
- C-section = >1000 cc
When can pap smears be discontinued in elderly women?
-ages 65-70 yrs as long as they have had 3 consecutive negative pap smear or 2 negative within 10 yrs and no Hx of high grade cervical changes
4 Labor warnings?
- Contractions every 5 min for 1 hr
- rupture of membranes
- Fetal mvmnt less than 10 per 2 hrs
- Vaginal bleeding
Red-tender wedge-shaped area on the outer quadrant of the breast of a breast feeding woman?
-think: mastitis!
What 2 tocolytics are contraindicated in diabetics?
- Terbutaline
2. Ritodrine
What tocolytic is contraindicated in myasthenia gravis?
-magnesium sulfate
What are 4 common causes of acute pulmonary edema during pregnancy?
- Use of tocolytics
- Cardiac disease
- Fluid overload
- Preeclampsia
Why are pregnant women more suceptible to pulmonary edema?
-bc plasma osmolality is decreased during pregnancy
When is RhoGAM typically given?
- at 28 wks gestation for any Rh-negative woman
- again within 72 hrs of delivery to an Rh-negative woman if the baby was Rh-positive
- for any pregnancy, even if it doesnt end in a viable fetus in an Rh-negative woman
Where is the most common site of spread for an endometrial cancer?
-lungs!
What is the most accurate for detecting Down Syndrome?
-Quadruple screen
How will a septic infant appear at birth when chorioamnionitis is present?
- pale
- lethargic
- high temp
What happens respiratory wise in pregnancy?
- pregnancy causes respiratory alkalosis
- increased: inspiratoy capacity and reserve vol, + tidal volume, which causes an increase in minute ventilation
- decreased: functional residual capacity, residual volume
- overall causes physiologic shortness of breath
SV in pregnancy?
- increases!
- both HR and SV increase!
Physiologic hydronephrosis in pregnancy?
- due to compression of the ureter by the uterus and the right ovarian
- dilation tends to be more on the right bc of the dextrorotation of the uterus
What is the most common site for metastasis of molar pregnancies?
-lungs!
Max recommended weight gain during pregnancy in patients who are: underweight? Normal? Overweight? Obese?
- underweight : 28-40
- normal: 25-35
- overweight: 15-25
- obese: 11-20
What is the best screening blood test to do for an AA couple (with no significant hx) for preconception counseling?
-Hb electrophoresis
What screening test offers the highest detection rate for aneuploidys?
-sequential screen = first trimester NT and PAPP-A + second trimester quad screen
Whats is the risk of fetal loss with CVS?
-1%
Recommended daily folic acid dose for normal pregnancy? High Risk?
- normal = 0.4 mg/day
- high risk = 4 mg/day
Most common cause of variable deceleration?
-cord compression
Cause of late decelerations?
-uteroplacental insufficiency
What fetal complication can occur with the use of magnesium-sulfate in a preeclamptic patient?
-respiratory distress –> monitor the infant and give supplemental oxygen if necessary
How will an infant of chorioamnionitis look at birth?
-pale, lethargic, and have high temp
When should HIV testing be done on an infant born to a positive mom?
-begin at 24 hrs